1. Lucas Biglia
After an impressive start to the season, Liverpool have drawn a few too many games recently, and the injury to Lucas Leiva – arguably their best player this season – has rocked the club.
Charlie Adam was forming an impressive partnership with the Brazil midfielder in the centre of the park, and their creator-destroyer balance was the backbone of Liverpool’s good form.
When you lose one Lucas for the rest of the season, only another Lucas will prove good enough as a replacement.
Lucas Biglia of Anderlecht has been linked with a whole host of clubs this summer, and the Argentina international could certainly do a job at Anfield.
Likely to cost around £6m, that would be a small price to pay should his signing result in UEFA Champions League qualification.
2. Keisuke Honda
Whether it is Kenny Dalglish or Damien Comolli in charge of transfers at Liverpool, the recent signings at Anfield have raised question marks.
In fact, many of them seem straight out of 1990s football – despite the much vaunted ‘Moneyball’ approach.
Stewart Downing, orthodox winger. CHECK. Charlie Adam, quarterback centre midfielder. CHECK. Andy Carroll, massive striker. CHECK.
The trouble is, massive immobile strikers don’t fit into the style of play Dalglish is trying to introduce at Liverpool.
Chelsea got the best out of Didier Drogba against Valencia on Tuesday evening, because they played like 2005 Chelsea, sitting back and then breaking quickly and directly. That won’t work all the time.
Either Liverpool will have to change their style of play to suit Carroll, or write him off and bring in more suitable players for the system.
One man to improve matters could be Keisuke Honda.
Honda is a tricky player with good pace, capable of magic with the ball at his feet, brilliant movement off it, and a decent finisher.
What’s more, in the event of injuries in midfield, Honda can perform a job there too.
3. Scott Sinclair
Another player who could fit into Liverpool’s system – and possibly improve them – could be Scott Sinclair of Swansea City.
Sinclair is a quicker player than any at currently at Anfield, and his goalscoring return of 27 goals last season in the nPower Championship from a wide position is excellent.
He has adapted to the top flight quite well too – despite missing a sitter to equalise against Manchester United, Sinclair has three Premier League goals in 15 appearances.
Given the passing game that Swansea play, Sinclair ought to have no trouble fitting into the system Liverpool are cultivating.
Furthermore, his lightning pace on the counterattack would force teams to sit somewhat deeper against the Reds – resulting in more space between the lines for Liverpool to exploi
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